Just as the second table of today broke, another seat open was announced by the dealers and it was Gregory Janin who lost the fight with his short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Andre Vieira Andrade opened from under the gun, Mathieu Papineau three-bet from one seat over and Sebastien Compte then four-bet shoved for 50,000 out of the big blind with 
. Andrade folded and later claimed he had ace-queen as well whereas Papineau snapped with 
.
There was no surprise on the board and Compte's stack was reduced to zero.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
61,300
|
61,300 |
|
Busted |
Mouad Benharmach had just doubled up, now he is gone and the chips went straight back to Zakaria! "He has been given the chips away, said he had something to do still," Anas Tadini joked.
Tadini then defended his big blind against a raise to 5,000 by Anthony Rodrigues and checked the flop 
. On the 
turn, Tadini check-called a small continuation bet and checked again the 
river. Rodrigues checked behind and Tadini announced a straight before showing 
to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
140,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
50,000
32,800
|
32,800 |
|
Busted |
Zakaria had previously doubled up his short stack, but the Spaniard then lost most of it back to Mouad Benharmach. Anas Tadini said "if you fold, I call his shove" to the table neighbor and Zakaria's 
failed to get there against Benharmach's 
.
The board ran out 
and Benharmach doubled for 63,400.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
|
30,000
900
|
900 |
Florian Vidal and Yoan Argence failed to run up their stacks and can now either plan the rest of the day in the sun, at the pool or in the other Side Events at the Casino de Marrakech.
Argence first lost chips against Thierry Gogniat and then had his aces cracked by an opponent with queens, who made a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Abdelmajid Es Safi and Joachim Lob followed next to the rail. The latter three-bet shoved out of the big blind and initial raiser Michael van der Ghinst looked him up with the dominating hand.
Lob: 
van der Ghinst: 
The 
flop improved the short stack, however the turn restored the preflop order. It was the blank river that sent Lob to the rail as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Rui Miguel da Silva de Sousa started as one of the shortest stacks and got his remaining chips in with 
against the of Israel Amoyal. The Portuguese failed to improve and was sent to the rail first on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
28,900
|
28,900 |
|
|
Busted |
A raising war broke out between Marcel Vadella and Tsunamy with the former squeezing to 19,000 and then five-bet shoving once Vadella had clicked back. Vadella called and it was a big flip for more than 115,000 chips.
Vadella:
Tsunamy: [QhQs[
The board ran out 
and Vadella doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
118,500
|
118,500 |
|
120,000
115,600
|
115,600 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Please note, the below conversion rate into Euros is based on 1 Dirham (MAD) = 0.092 Euros.
| Place | Prize in Dirhams | Prize in Euro |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 440,000 | 40,480 |
| 2 | 300,000 | 27,600 |
| 3 | 205,000 | 18,860 |
| 4 | 149,000 | 13,708 |
| 5 | 110,000 | 10,120 |
| 6 | 86,000 | 7,912 |
| 7 | 70,000 | 6,440 |
| 8 | 55,000 | 5,060 |
| 9 | 43,000 | 3,956 |
| 10-12 | 35,000 | 3,220 |
| 13-15 | 30,000 | 2,760 |
| 16-18 | 26,000 | 2,392 |
| 19-21 | 23,000 | 2,116 |
| 22-24 | 20,000 | 1,840 |
| 25-27 | 18,000 | 1,656 |
